# Scratch Pad ## Francesco's Talk - comics as a sequential arts - garfield without garfield - illustrations of words 'Ka-poW!'vs speech balloons –this seems - ![[Screenshot 2026-02-19 at 15.03.25.png]] - As frequently noted, speech balloons or thought bubbles in comics are non-depictive since they don't show (directly) what the fictional world looks like. Rather, they indicate how some other feature—text or image—meant to convey the content of utterance or thought is to be interpreted, and finer details concerning the bubble or balloon's edge, direction of tail, and color specify further interpretations regarding how the utterance is made and who speaks. A panel is another paradigmatic non-depictive image in comics. The way panels are laid out on the page tends to control the order in which we scan the page, but sometimes layouts go beyond this basic organizing function when they go from being discreet to ostentatious. - "Reading speech balloons requires using inner Speech, which is an experience with a perceptual, sonic character (plus a meaning-related level)." - "internalized ventriloquism" is a cool phrased - **remark:** mention the yellow kid - typefaces as showing it expressive content. - ![[Screenshot 2026-02-19 at 15.32.18.png]] - I am not sure 'localised' is the best word - i agree with Dave that there is more to be said about the onomatopoetic sounds. it seems performative through speech --- # What's Happening *Active threads and today's activity — updated by /harvest* ## Active ## Sessions - 14:44 - "Run daily morning review briefing" — /morning-review - 16:48 - "i would like you to open a new note and really ..." — i would like you to open a new note and really try to wow me with your mermai... - 18:50 - "Brainstorm generating philosophy introduction" — User: /contemplate today has been a wash out workwise. you fucked up this mor... - 19:49 - "Extract stories from EPUB to individual txt files" — I want you to make a copy of the individual stories in this selection. I want... - 20:00 - "Open recent Substack idea note" — Okay, so the first thing I want you to do is to get is to open a note, uh, wh... - 20:01 - "This session is being continued from a previous..." — This session is being continued from a previous conversation that ran out of ... - 20:11 - "Evaluate knowledge graphs and AI skills for vault" — obsidian://open?vault=My%20Obsidian%20Vault&file=tweet%20i%20saw%20about%20kn... - 21:32 - "Plan tomorrow's work priorities and schedule" — Base directory for this skill: /Users/nickyoung/.claude/skills/contemplate # ... - 21:38 - "when was the last time my config was backed up. ?" - 23:27 - "Find Butlin AI paper for generating philosophy" — Base directory for this skill: /Users/nickyoung/.claude/skills/contemplate # ... - 23:39 - "Diagnose stalling at project outline depth" — Base directory for this skill: /Users/nickyoung/.claude/skills/contemplate # ... ## Actions ---